Special artist of Harper's Weekly sketching battle field of Gettysburg.

Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.

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1863

Photographic incidents of the war.

Stereograph: Artist Alfred R. Waud, seated with his sketchbook. Note on back of stereograph reads Alfred R. Waud, artist (1828-1891.)

Alfred R. Waud (2 Oct. 1828-6 Apr. 1891) Artist and illustrator who worked as an artist-journalist during the Civil War. In April 1861 the�News�named him a 'special artist' and assigned him to cover the Army of the Potomac where he met commander-in-chief, General�Winfield Scott. Waud would go on to cover every battle fought by the Army of the Potomac from First Manassas in 1861 to Petersburg, Virginia, in 1865. He worked for Harper's Weekly following the Civil War.

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